Posted By
Najib
Oct 01, 2019 04:41
Culture Ministry has announced that Director Walid Mouannes' "1982" Film will represent Lebanon at the 2020 Oscars. The drama, which is set in a private school outside Beirut and takes place over a single June day in 1982, is based on Mouaness’s childhood remembrances of his experience when Israel’s invasion of Lebanon began in the summer of that year. The story will also feel personal to anyone who lived in Lebanon during that time, such…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 29, 2019 03:34
First the monument was vandalized, then cleaned up, then destroyed and now the Lebanese Army has put another one back in place. The new monument is a donation from the Donnieh youth as mentioned here. To be honest, I knew there was a conflict over Qornet el Sawda but I had no idea things were so tense. Maybe it's better if they remove the whole monument all together and place it somewhere else because this…
Humor
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Technology
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Baladi
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Food
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Lebanon
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Baladi
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